CoAdvantage – June has arrived, and with it comes National Safety Month—a time for business owners to prioritize workplace safety. This annual observance serves as a reminder to review and enhance safety practices in the workplace. In this blog post, we will provide valuable tips catered to business owners, focusing on enhancing workplace safety during
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CoAdvantage – Creating a healthy workforce is more important than ever in today’s uncertain economic climate and in a world still facing flare-ups related to Covid-19, RSV, and other infectious illnesses. But what practical steps are organizations taking to support the health of their team members? Here are three current trends in workplace wellness. 1:
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CoAdvantage- Do drug tests work? The answer is complicated and nuanced. In short, drug screening probably does help to curb drug use and potentially reduce performance problems and accidents, but not necessarily to a degree that justifies the costs involved. One study looked at pre-employment drug testing at a large hospital over a six-month period.
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CoAdvantage – Remote work and work-from-home programs have truly taken off since 2020. According to Gallup, over nine in ten American workers want to continue working from home at least part of the time; nearly three in 10 say they’d look for new work if they were permanently recalled to the office. But these work
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CoAdvantage – Everything you need to know about drug screening your employees. What is drug testing or drug screening? Some employers test some or all of their employees for the presence of illegal substances, most commonly looking for indicators of marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), amphetamine, and/or opiate consumption. Drug testing can be conducted in several
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CoAdvantage -Employers have long had a vested interest in monitoring employee activity to ensure that workers are fulfilling their job requirements, behaving in a professional capacity while representing their employer, and adhering to company policies. The need to verify employee conduct has become particularly acute as more and more people have begun working remotely at
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CoAdvantage -Effective crisis management is vital to long-term business viability. Every company is eventually going to face some kind of emergency, disaster, or crisis. It could be a pandemic like COVID-19, a financial crisis, a product recall, a public relations problem, a natural disaster like a hurricane, or any one of numerous unexpected events. When
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CoAdvantage- At long last, the potential end of the pandemic may be in sight, as Americans are being vaccinated in huge (albeit slowing) numbers. As of the end of May 2021, more than 50% of Americans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccination and over 40% had received both doses. Indeed, the
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CoAdvantage- Compliance with COVID-19 safety precautions in the U.S. has been generally high but also indisputably inconsistent. A recent study from the University of Southern California’s Center for Economic and Social Research found that while more than 80% of respondents wore a mask in the last part of May 2021, nearly 80% also had close contact
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CoAdvantage- Every crisis contains the seed of opportunity. As Winston Churchill said, “Never waste a good crisis.” Indeed, in normal circumstances, leaders and organizations frequently resist even smart or necessary change. Thus, a crisis situation can potentially generate the necessary urgency and motivation to make positive changes. As The Wall Street Journal writes, “A crisis
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